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Malaysia to build 22,000 apartments in Bangladesh    

Malaysia will help Bangladesh in construction of 22,000 apartments in capital Dhaka and a flyover connecting Dhaka with Rajuk’s Jhilmil housing project. The Malaysian assistance will come under a Memorandum of Understanding the two countries signed in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports UNB. BD-MalUnder the MoU 12,000 apartments will be built at Uttara while 10,000 at Kamrangichar. A 13-kilometer flyover will be built connecting Dhaka’s Shantinagar to Jhilmil housing project in Keraniganj. Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain and Mala...

Why Bangladesh feared Indian invasion after 1975 coup  

B. Z. Khasru

 When Gen. Ziaur Rahman became Bangladesh’s virtual ruler following several bloody military coups in 1975, he told the United States that India intended to invade its small neighbor to install a puppet regime. So intense was Zia’s fear of an Indian invasion that on 7 November 1975 he made a call on the radio for national unity to face the attack. His call triggered more processions in Dhaka, initially sparked by the news of his release from detention by the officers who had mounted a failed coup earlier. The processions were laced with anti-Indian slogans. This public mood in Dhaka reflected a total reversal of the sentiment at the end of the Bangladesh war in 1971 when the sentiment was explicitly anti-Pakistani and...

Hafizur Rahman Khan reelected as IBFB President

Hafizur Rahman Khan, Chairman of Runner Group of Companies was reelected for the 2nd term as the President of IBFB in the 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IBFB. IBFBThe AGM was held on Thursday (24 April 2014) at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka. Dr. Md. Omar Shafayat Kausar, Chairman of Bengal Bay Group and Mr. Humayun Rashid, CEO of Energypac were also reelected for the 2nd term as the Vice President and Vice President (Finance) respectively. Besides, Mr. Iqbal Hussaiyn, Managing Director of Magnum Engineering & Construction Ltd. and Ms....

Voter list update from May 15

voters-listEC asks national ID card wing to prepare budget for the task. The Election Commission will begin updating the voter list from May 15 across the country. The Election Commission will begin updating the voter list from May 15 across the country. However, the commission is yet to finalise budget for the task. It had asked the National Identity Card wing to prepare it. The budget will be placed at the EC’s next meeting. Sources said the NID wing presented a budget of around Tk59 crore at the commission meeting yesterday, bu...

PM urges for including migration issue in post- 2015 dev. Agenda    

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the world leaders to include the migration issue in the post-2015 development agenda with due importance and view every migrant as a ‘human person’ instead of only a factor of production. “It is crucial that we all view every migrant as a human person - not just as an ‘element of economic activity or production’. They must enjoy all rights - as every other person,” she said. It’s a growing need for social protection for migrants and members of their families in the countries like Bangladesh, exposed to climate change and facing some acute challenges, while safeguarding lives and livelihoods of millions of people, she said.

USTR advises WTO level negotiation for duty free market access  

Visiting Assistant United States Trade Representative (USTR) for South Asia Michael Delaney advised Bangladesh to negotiate with the World Trade Organization (WTO) for duty-free and quota-free market access (DFQF). “Tariff structures for Bangladesh is under the authorities of WTO.the duty- free and quota-free are in the context of Doha round and its overall package..Doha round is yet to be implemented,” Delaney told a crowded press conference on completion of the maiden TICFA meeting at Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Monday. ticfa2The first Trade and Fra...
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